on the contrary. on the opposite or adverse side. Contemporary Examples au contraire—it was a TOP SECRET/CODEWORD document of sizzling import. My Brush With Obama’s Top Spook Christopher Buckley November 28, 2008 To conservatives who will say below that Obama didn’t offer anything, au contraire, he certainly did. Obama’s Statement: Setting the Terms of Debate […]

. fully aware or familiar; cognizant. Contemporary Examples When party ID samples in polls was the au courant topic, I weighed in mocking the conservatives. More on Party ID Sampling in Polls Michael Tomasky October 14, 2012 Historical Examples I knew he had never been to Germany before, and was au courant with the harmless […]

attribute translation system grammar, tool (ATS) A BNF-based parser generator from the University of Saskatchewan(?). ATS generates table-driven LL1 parsers with full insert-only error recovery. It also has full left-attribute semantic handling, which is a dream compared to using YACC’s parser actions. (2000-04-08)

to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: He attributed intelligence to his colleagues. to consider as made by the one indicated, especially […]

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